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Where to stay in the Argentinian capital tentacular? Here is a presentation of the best areas to sleep in Buenos Aires!

With an intra-muros population of 3,090,900 inhabitants and 14.5 million inhabitants in the urban area, Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and the second largest city in the Latin American continent. Finding accommodation in Buenos Aires can be complicated and expensive according to the neighborhood and the period of your stay. The “most European capital” of Latin America is mainly composed of populations from Spain and Italy due to the waves of immigration of the early 20th century. The cradle of the tango and its capital portègne are a major artistic and cultural center of the region.

You will not be bored in Buenos Aires, but you have to choose the area where to sleep because the offer of accommodation is less than the demand: staying in Buenos Aires can cost expensive. The city, the port of the Rio de la Plata ("the river of silver"), is divided into 15 districts and 48 districts. Thus, staying in Recoleta, San Telmo, La Boca, San Cristobal, Caballito, Balvanera or Puerto Madero, etc., will not offer the same atmospheres according to the sociology of the neighborhood. Here's where to sleep in Buenos Aires:

San Telmo

San Telmo is one of the oldest and best-preserved districts in the city, opening onto Plaza Dorrego. The first settlers – led by Pedro de Mendoza – settled at Lezama Park in February 1536. Located south of the city centre, it has a very European atmosphere, with many shops, antique shops, museums – do not miss the Feria de San Telmo -, markets, especially the covered market. There you will find small restaurants, bars and bistros, grocery stores, folklore demonstrations and picturesque paved streets full of colors where you will often have the head lifted, the finger on the trigger of the camera: colonial buildings, many churches, street art, graffiti.

It is the authentic and popular Buenos Aires, where the tango emerged in the poor and poor bars of the 1890-1905s, and the neighbourhood still has many more. tanguerias , these bars milonga where you dance the tango. But historical district obliges, it is also the most touristic. San Telmo is an excellent place to stay in Buenos Aires.

La Boca

Named as it has the form of a mouth in the southeast of the city centre, it is a popular district rich in history and populated mostly by former Italian immigrants. Another very tourist area is the Montmartre of Buenos Aires: famous for the caminito and the numerous houses with vivid colors to the Cuban (red, blue, green, green). To go out, prefer the day rather than the evening, because it is nevertheless the poorest neighborhood in the city. The Boca has many cafes, bars, tango shows and local craft shops to offer to its passers-by. A nice neighborhood where to stay, but which is not made for the ostentation of its material goods...

Palermo

If you are looking for a trendy or even easy neighborhood, to feel safe, then it is in Palermo that you have to book your apartment or hostel. Located north of Buenos Aires, it is the popular area of the middle and largest classes in the city, which includes "bobobo" restaurants, trendy bars , local craft and art shops and shops to make your shopping. Don't miss the Planetarium, and the many parks, including the botanical garden and the Japanese garden. A green light and trendy place in the city, it is a neighborhood where to stay can be very pleasant.

Recoleta

Recoleta is located in the east of Palermo, it is the most chic – even easy – district of Buenos Aires, but it has a great interest: it is a historical and tourist area due to the Cemetery of Recoleta, a welcoming cemetery to flamboyant gardens, family pantheons, cellars of the upper bourgeoisie and former landowners and farmers richissimes. It is not to honour the high bourgeoisie, but because many figures of the history of Argentina are based on it. If you want to offer you a comfortable hotel, go to chic shopping, take a family trip close to the historic centre, then you will find your happiness, no longer look for in which area to stay in Buenos Aires.

Main photo credit: Flickr – Kevin Dooley